Bailout’ for states not from Jonathan’s savings, says Presidency.The Nation

THE Presidency yesterday denied claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the relief given to state governments and public sector workers were from savings by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

N70m suit: PDP denies authorising campaign expenses by Alli, Usman.the nation

 

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied authorising the multi-million naira transactions allegedly made by its former National Chairman, Ahmadu Alli, and former Minister of Finance Nenadi Usman during the general elections.

Alli was the director-general of PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation. Mrs. Usman, a senator, served as the organisation’s director of Finance.

Nigeria:Court refuses Nyanya blast suspect’s request for freedom. The nation

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja has refused a request for freedom made by Sadiq Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the April 2014 bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, in which over 70 people died.

Nigeria:OML 42- ‘NPDC must obey courtorder’:the nation

THE host communities of Diebiri-Batan in OML 42, Warri Southwest Local Government Area of Delta State, have urged the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to obey a court order to maintain the status quo.

The State High Court, sitting at Otor-Udu, Udu Judicial Division, ordered the oil company and others operating in that area to recognise Alex Fenimime as the chairman of the community.

The order followed NPDC’s operation at the OML 42, which allegedly violated relevant laws and best practices in the award of contracts and the employment of indigenes without due process.In the statement by Fenimime, which was copied to  Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Police Commissioner, Joint Task force (JTF) Commandant, Effurun Barracks, Warri; State Security Service (SSS) Warri; Managing Director, NECONDE Energy Nigeria Limited and Richard Anthony, the community’s mediator requested that NPDC ask its contractors to stop work and convene a top management meeting.

Fenimine said: “By the enrolment of order in suit No. OSHC/88/2013 before Justice F. N. Azinge (Mrs) on May 27, 2014, parties in this suit were ordered to maintain the status quo, which makes me (Alex Fenimime) the substantive chairman, and to allow all matters to be addressed to me…”

Kim Kardashian's selfies get the museum treatment they deserve:mashable.com

Selfies are art, and they have been for a long time. Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman and Kim Kardashian have proved it.
If you're fighting that last one, get with the times. Kim totally belongs in museums, just ask Kanye. "I’m not music. I’m not fashion. I’m just art," he told Vogue. “Life is a giant art project." The Kardashian-West family's living, breathing pop art and they're taking over the world — including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

See also: Doug the Pug recreates Kim Kardashian's sexiest selfies

The Kim at the Museum Tumblr takes Kim K's selfie book to the Met, posing her with the head of John the Baptist or sunbathing topless with a bird.
You cannot purchase Selfish at the museum's book store — yet.

• "Cleopatra" by William Wetmore Story

  

  Image: Tumblr Kim at the Museum

• "Madonna and Child" by Francesco Granacci

NFL star's finger reportedly amputated after fireworks accident:mashabl.com

One of the most coveted defensive players in the NFL reportedly had to have his right index finger amputated thanks to a Fourth of July fireworks accident, according to reports Wednesday evening.
But Jason Pierre-Paul's apparently obliterated finger isn't even the juiciest part of this story — no, the most interesting part is how the world came to know about his demolished digit.

See also: The NBA's cockiest rookie is already doing ridiculous things

IBM announces functioning 7-nanometer chip breakthrough:mashable.com

The pace of software and startup innovation only seems to be accelerating, but tech industry stalwarts like IBM continue to work behind the scenes to keep things quietly moving forward.
IBM Research's latest breakthrough is a big one: the first 7-nanometer node test chips with functional transistors.

Michael Douglas: Australian actors are more masculine than Americans.Mashable

Thanks, Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and Sam Worthington. All your hard-won muscles and fine theatrical skills have given Australia a reputation for having some of the world's most masculine actors.

The geography of sports success: Why Yorkshire cricketers are so good.Mashable.com

Martin Toms, Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Birmingham for The Conversation 18 minutes ago

Nigeria:APC, PDP at war over source of bailout funds

By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Anayo Okoli, Samuel Oyadongha, Simon Ebegbulem, Dayo Johnson, Demola Akinyemi, Gbenga Olarinoye, Dapo Akinrefon, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Marie-Therese Nanlong

ABUJA — THE Presidency and the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, were sharply divided, yesterday, over the sources of the N804.7 billion relief package being worked out to bail out many states of the country from their unpaid salaries burden.

While the PDP said that a significant amount of the princely sum came from savings left behind by the out-gone administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, the Presidency disagreed, arguing that the money came from proceeds of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

 

President Muhammadu Buhari

Upon assumption of office on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari said the departing PDP government left an empty treasury and pleaded with Nigerians for patience as they await urgent implementation of his change agenda.